Subnostr

People continue to be a mystery to me.

So, for some context, being a wine shop, we have some pretty rich clientele. Some people will just come in and casually spend a thousand bucks on wine during lunch.

We have these one pair of regulars that are pretty well to do, but they're kind of assholes. They don't really respect service workers. I personally think they are cunts. And my co-workers complain about them fairly frequently.

But the thing that utterly fucking boggles my mind That's my co-workers still kiss their ass because occasionally they'll do something like give them an expensive bottle of wine or give them tickets to a sports game. Or give them a glass of whatever expensive bottle of wine they brought in.

Like, is there something I'm missing? Why the fuck would they talk so much shit behind these people's back And then turn around and accept their gifts, and pretend like they're friends.

Maybe I'm the one with a stick up my ass, but I don't accept their gifts. I don't pretend to be their friends So I can get some kind of handout from them. But it boggles my mind to see my co-workers cow-tow to these people. It feels like they don't have any pride or dignity.

Anyways, that's my morning thoughts on people being not understandable.

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Filou 11mo ago

You just described how the world goes round!

royster⚡️ 11mo ago

Have you told the cunts you think they’re cunts?

AnnSofiNovelist 11mo ago

It wouldn't surprise me if part of why your coworkers complain about them is because they are disrespecting themselves when they decide to play friends and accept gifts.

The rich clients get away with it and will keep acting the way people allow them to act. If no one ever calls them on being rude, they may not even realize that they are being rude. (Or whatever type of asshole behavior they are exibiting)

It's one thing as a business to have a kind and friendly approach to customers, but there's a line of self respect that can easily be crossed.

It's okay to kindly confront customers behavior, you're actually showing them that you respect them if you do.

If I was the manager there, I'd probably have a conversation, something like,

"Hey, welcome in. Can I talk to you about something? We really appreciate your business, and hope we can keep bringing you nice wines for a long time to come. But, can you help me with something? Can you tune down the attitude when you're interacting with our staff? You're probably not meaning to do so, but it comes across quite rude at times."

Or something like that, depending on any exact behaviour I could point out.

Cpt. Charisma 11mo ago

Maybe they realize they are assholes and the gifts are meant as an apology or asshole tax.

More importantly, this story demonstrates how commerce can bring people together that otherwise don't get along. These clients don't respect your workers and are rude to them. The workers don't link the clients because of this. Everyone puts this aside and works together because they want the transaction to be successful. It's not perfect, but it's better than a kick in the nuts.